Fortunately for us, we have permit parking. The weird thing (though why question a good thing?) is that it’s only our stretch of street from one corner to the next. If you park a block north or south on the same street, no permit is required. Same if you drive to the end of the block and turn the corner, again, no permit’s required (I hope I’m making sense). Also, ours is in effect 24 hours a day, which is sweet, though I’ve lost my mad parallel parking skillz. Oh, this reminds me — I need to buy more temporary permits for guests.

Mainly we have to pay to park when we go places unless they have a parking lot, which most places don’t — except for like Walgreens, Target, grocery stores, places like that, and some restaurants (if you’re lucky).